CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2969

                   Chapter 178, Laws of 1998

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

GUN SAFES--SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/1/98

Passed by the House February 12, 1998  Yeas 94   Nays 2              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 6, 1998   Yeas 30   Nays 18

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2969  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

Approved March 27, 1998 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                      March 27, 1998 - 3:20 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2969

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             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Carrell, Sheahan, B. Thomas, Robertson, Sterk, Sherstad, McMorris, Backlund, Ballasiotes, Talcott, DeBolt, Alexander, Boldt, Zellinsky, Pennington, Mitchell, Huff, K. Schmidt, Dyer, Bush, Dunn, Schoesler, Smith, D. Sommers, Dunshee and McCune

Read first time 01/26/98.  Referred to Committee on Finance.

Providing a sales and use tax exemption for gun safes. 

    AN ACT Relating to sales and use tax exemption for gun safes; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to sales of gun safes.

    (2) As used in this section and section 2 of this act, "gun safe" means an enclosure specifically designed or modified for the purpose of storing a firearm and equipped with a padlock, key lock, combination lock, or similar locking device which, when locked, prevents the unauthorized use of the firearm.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

    The provisions of this chapter do not apply with respect to the use of gun safes as defined in section 1 of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act takes effect July 1, 1998.

    Passed the House February 12, 1998.

    Passed the Senate March 6, 1998.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 1998.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 1998.